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J. A. PEEK.

HARVESTER. No. 322,001. v Patented July 14, 1885.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIC JAMES A. PEEK, OF NORTH MANCHESTER, INDIANA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO CHAS. F. NOFTZGER AND JOHN S. ANDREWS, OF SAMEPLACE.

HARVESTER.

EEPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 322,001, dated July14, 1885.

Application filed August-1i, 1883. Renewed December 19, 1884. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. PEEK, a citizen of the United States,residing at North Manchester, in the county of lVabash and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHarvesters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical crosssection taken through thefriction-rollers. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section across the(lrive-wheel.

This invention has relation to harvesters; and it consists in theconstruction and novel arrangement of devices, as willbe hereinafterfully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a designates thedrive-wheel of the machine, which is without either a hub or spokes, therim Z) being provided with an internal flange, 0, its edge being roundedin cross-section.

d indicates the frameof the harvester. It is provided with a frame, i,at one end, in. which the bearings for the geared shafts 7c and Z areformed on the under side thereof. The shafts k and l are connected bymiter gearwheels m a at right angles to each other, the shaft I beingprovided with a crank for driving the knife. The shaft is is providedwith a fixed grooved friction-roller, o, locatedabout centrally of theframe 13, which roller engages the rounded flange 0.

Arms p 19 rise from the frame They are curved outwardly, and areconnected at their upper ends by a bar, q. The bar q is perforated at rr to receive the journals 8 s, on which small grooved friction-rollers tt revolve. These latter rollers also engage the annular flange c of theopen drive-wheel and steady the wheel. The weight of the machine comesmainly upon the single larger grooved friction wheel 0 on the shaft is,and themotion is imparted to the knife by the friction produced betweenthe flange of the drivewheel and said roller 0.

a designates the carrier, which may be of any approved construction, andarranged to carry the cut grain through the open drive- Wheel to thegrain-binder, which may be also of any well-known construction, or maybe done by hand.

'0 indicates the grain-wheel at the outer end of the frame.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a harvester with agrain-passage through its drive-wheel, and that such a drive-wheel hasbeen provided with an inner annular flange to operate a friction-pulley,the shaft from which operates the cutting apparatus, and therefore donot claim such construction, broadly; but,

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In aharvester, the combination of the frame (1, the frame 2, secured tosaid frame, the curved arms 1912, rising from the frame a, the bar q,connecting the upper ends of said arms, the friction-rollers t t,journaled in the upper ends of said arms, the drive-wheel a, providedwith the internal rounded flange, 0, the shaft 7c, located centrally ofthe frame z' and journaled beneath the same, the friction-roller o,fixed to .80 said shaft and engaging with flange c, the beveled pinionm, also fixed to said shaft, the crank-shaft Z, also journaled beneaththe frame 2', and provided with the bevel-pinion a, meshing with thepinion m, and having a crank for driving the cutter-bar, substantiallyas specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES A. PEEK.

Witnesses:

B. F. CLEMANS, AMOS M. FRAME.

